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Aseret - thanks for the advice on rebatching, I'll give that a go. cheers everyone - I'll post again with outcomes :wink:

Well, i washed my hands with it and it feels amazing, very rich creamy lather, my skin is not dry at all afterwards. There is no greasiness either. But I would suspect that without sufficient lye, a bar of this soap cannot last long? I would guess that it would dissolve into a gooey mess in...

Hi, and thanks for the extra replies. I've just cut my soap, and it looks absolutely perfect. No leaking oil. But I know it can't possibly be right. It must be very oil-heavy. I'm tempted to try rebatching by grating it into the crockpot and adding the forgotten lye water, slowly and...

p.s. - just to clarify - it was half the lye+water mixture which I left out.

Green soap - that's interesting thanks. I think I will attempt to rebatch most of it, and keep the rest for observation over the next few weeks. Could be an interesting learning experience. Judy - I note your point about rapeseed. I do have some bars that are 10 months old, and so far so...

I suspected as much. Thankyou.

Hi there, I'm pretty new to soapmaking and would appreciate some advice from experienced soapmakers regarding a mistake I made today. I made a big batch of CP soap, 50% rapeseed oi, 50% coconut with lye discount 5%. Stupidly, I forgot to add half my lye water. I only realised when I was...